Google helping tourists around New York City

New York City, along with Google, launched a new website that is designed to help tourists and residents find their way around the city, and plan their days out. As a recent first-time visitor to the Big Apple, a site like this would have actually been quite useful.

New York City, along with Google, launcheda new website that is designed to help tourists and residents find their way around the city, and plan their days out. As a recent first-time visitor to the Big Apple, a site like this would have actually been quite useful.

Mayor Bloomberg says he hopes that "nycgo.com becomes the official online resource for tourists and residents looking for an activity or a place to go". The site appears to have lots of information, and can definitely direct people in the right direction.

There seems to be a market for specific localized information sites like this one, and it makes sense for companies like Google to try and be a piece of them -- what do you think?

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